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6 * THE EVENING EVENING STAR unday Morning Edition. THE With WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ... March 18, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor | i The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvanin Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42ad St ‘Chicago Oftice: Tower Build Buropean Office : 10 Regent St., Loado 3 England The Esening Star, with the Sunday morning | edition, 1s delivered by carriers within the | ¥ at G0 cents per month: daily oniy. 43| ents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per| month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele plione Main 5000. Collection is made by car riers at the end of each mouth Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 15, $8.40; 1 1¥r, 360001 1 yr, $2.405 1 Daily Daily by mo. mo., All Other States. Daily and Sunday....1 yr., $10.00; 1 Dails only 1yr, 870001 Sunday ouly 1y, $3.00;1 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled | te the use for republication of all news dis-| ches credited fo it or not otherwlse credited n this paper and also the local news pub. lished ' here All ‘rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. mo., 85¢ mo.. B0c | mo., 25¢ | Budget Bureau and Washington. President Coolidge’s economy and ax-reduction message was revoiced | last night at the meeting of the Wash- | ington Chamber of Commerce by the director of the Budget Bureau. General Lord’s presentation message was most effective. is not only master his subject, theoretically and practically, and an administrative official of courage, fair- sound judgment, but a speaker of power, who points statisti- cal figure dull, with fig- specch, with appropriate witty humorous anecdote. It is fitting that this message should have this vivid and special local de- livery. Tt has been debatable from the beginning whether on the theory on which the creation of the Budget Bu- veau is based it should have the same Jurisdiction over estimates and ap- propriations for the District of Co- lumbia as over those for the depart- ments of the National Government. And debate over the issue is intensi- fied by e of the District’s contribution toward the National Cap- ftal's maintenance and development from 50 to 60 per cent of the total, | end by the indefinitely larger increase of the District's contribution under the plan of a lump-sum contribution by the Nation which has been and now tentatively and temporarily operation. Whatever the final determination of this issue may be, Washington will re- member with hearty appreciation that while the Budget Bureau, represent- the President, has inspected and | passed upon District estimates General Lord and his capable lieutenants have been sted, sympathetic and pro- | gressive in dealing with the problems of National Capital development, and that the great advances in Capital up- building through appropriations and authorizations recently made have been secured not merely with the per- functory approval. but with the hearty, helpful co-operation of the| Budget Bureau of the For he, of ness and otherwise o the incre: is in ing int — Clean Plays. Cardinal Patrick J. Hayes of New York has recently said that thousands | ot persons being ac- tually their liberty as to theate because of their fear of what they and their children might i1 see; that there seems concern for the desires and recipients of for those of clean-minded and playwrights, producers reputable deprived of attendance were hear ar ¥ discriminating and audiences. No ex to this distinguished and broad-minded churchman's state ment be taken in the National | Capital. There is no argument. Wash- ington can look back over a thi rical season now approaching its end that for proportionate ability of p shown probabl. the rec- ord. On other hand, productions have been given here this Winter which contained not an indecent, sug- 3 doubtful situ gestive tion And at these perform- eption can undes ¥s holds or even line, or scene ces. day vacked in to the I audiences were | t available square It would seem that tato: th plays of real me an that t even public difference and what ininded ought taste of teriors in and the sort of spec- enjoy clean at least, to Cardinal Hayes | that apparently seem to know what The to be penal who ¥ ought ev get break say not the it off betwe moral | right- | ed for | their in appreciation is imm not the who thos ara intelligence, decency - of to statesm In politics g that n able to find the daily the compar the time Washington become en will hardly hour or n of golf scores zross| be 50 Mr. I to have written some excelient music, but the United | States Senate is no glee club. wes is said r——— The Senate Adjourns. a After two-week were packed sensational mo- ments than usually occur in months, the Senate today is planning to shake the dust of Washington from its feet. Instead of the perfunctory confirma- tion of a presidential cabinet and im- mediate adjournment—which has been the custom of special sessions of the Senate following the inaugurations of the Chief Executive, the new Senate became entangled in a row of major dimensions with President Coolidge, demoted and otherwise chastised Re- publican insurgents and handled im- portant foreign matters, including de- termination of a date next December to consider the World Court. The Senate is going home. It is go- ing, it is hoped, to learn first hand what the people want. No longer ago than November the people spoke in very distinct terms. But men in pub- lie life are sometimes forgetful, memo- ¥ dim quickly, more quickly in Washington than elsewhere. When the Senate returns to the Capital next session, in which more session af Congress before the regular session inyDecember, its members, and the memlwrs of the Howuse, should have a cleur understanding of the de- sires and needs of the country at large and their cwn States and districts. The settliment of the cantrover over the office of Attorney Ganeral be- tween the President and the Sienate is hailed both by administration and anti-administration Senators ith no little relief. Whatever its muerits a contest beiween the Chief Exacutive and the Senate over their constitu- tional prerogutives is unsettlings Co- operatiom of ‘the branches of the Y3ov- ernment fs mecessary to good govern- ment. Thase on the Republican side who opposed. the confirmation of the nomination wf Charles B, Warren th be Attorney (General insist that the elimination of{Mr. Warren will have a beneficial result to the party and to the country. Those who favored his confirmation, while regretting the coun- try is not to have the services of Mr. Warren, and deprecating the basis of his rejection by the Senate, regard his determinatibn not to accept the recess appointment\ tendered by the Presi- dent as the \wise act of a practical man, who places the public interests involved in the restoration of party har- mony above his own. There is a feel- ing, too, that the President, having stood firmly for the appointment he first desired, and) ylelded no ground | in the matter of’ Executive preroga- tive, has done wisely to intrust the legal department of the country to the direction of a sturdy New Eng- land lawyer of the old school, John G. Sargent of Vermont. The Republican forces in the Sen- ate got away to a bad start in the session now" closing. Elements of dis- cord arose that, uncorrected, do not augur well for party solidarity and |accomplishment when it becomes nec- essary to act. The Senate has been subject to bitter criticism in the last Congress becauwse of its impotence. | The people of the United States look to the Senate—as well as to the| House—for wiseaction and good laws which may be needed to meet condi- tions as they artse. The period before | the next session.could well be used by the Republican majority of the Sen- ate, both “regular” and “independent” (omitting confirmed third-partyites) in earnestly endeavoring to get together to the end that the Senate may more efficiently perform those duties which the public rightfully expects of it. ——————_ Repairing Highway Bridge. Announcement that the floor of the Highway Bridge is to be reconstruct- ed, and that restrictions mav be im- | posed limiting the motor truck trans- port lead to 10 tons is welcome news, for at present the pavement of that joint pedestrian-roadway-trolley span across the Potomac is in an unbelieva- ble condition of hopeless wreckage. When this Highway Bridge was con- structed transportation by motor truck was rare. Twenty years ago the horse or mule drawn vehicle was used al. | most exclusively for heavy drayage. | while motor cars were regarded large- | ly as luxuries for social enjoyment. When the bridge was first opened a very low speed limit and a correspond- ing limit in weight was imposed upon | the so-called heavy traffic using the bridge, but with the advent and rapid development of motor trucks as a means of hauling these limits had to | be expanded. Damage to the flooring of the bridge has been a problem grow- ing to more serious proportions year- Iy, until this present Winter of ice and snow has climaxed the problem. Since the last of the Winter's ice storms vehicular traffic has been seri- ously discommoded. To ‘ride the rails” is the only sure way of cross ing the structure without damage to carrier or cargo. In reconstructing the floor the en- gineer of bridges has declared that it will be necessary to redesign the buckle-plate on which the asphalt rests. The new floor foundation will be especially adapted to withstand the strain of heavy hauls, but even at that the trucks are growing larger | and the loads heavier all the time, and | the proposed limit of weight to 10 tons on hauls across the Highway Bridge should be strictly enforced to put a stop to the extremely costly damage to a structure which is regarded as one of the most strikingly handsome of i kind, and which has been neces- sarily subjected to perennial abuse - Tradition always represen Spring poet as in a state of d agement. There are many good Spring poets, but none of them strong enough to compete for attention with the in- fluenza germ. . Bolshevism is still strong enough to lead Japan's Parliament to make laws for its suppression. The world should be willing to take Russia’s own word for it, after thorough experiment, that | bolshevism is a failure. ———— On observing responsibilities that artse in Washington, D. C., there may be moments when Gov. Charles Bryan is almost glad he was not elected Vice President ——— — The Senate turned its attention from Teapot Dome to sugar without appearing to care for either. . Treasury Heads on Taxation. There will be food for reflection in the observations of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Undersecretary Winston before the Bankers’ Club in Richmond last night on the subject of taxation, State and Federal. Secre- tary Mellon is regarded throughout the country as one of the most em- inent officials who have presided over the administration of the finances of the Government since the days of Alexander Hamilton, and we have had some notable financiers in that time. Secretary Mellon and Undersecre- tary Winston appealed to the country to eliminate partisan politics in con- sideration of tax questions. This is a subject which has already engaged the attention of thoughful men in high finance and should be taken up and considered by the layman and poli- ticians, as well as those versed in the { intricacies of financial problems. ¥all or Winter, depending on whether soe Dresident desires to call a special fi After all, the man who pays the tax has as much stake in the game as he who levies it, and there is no other Question than this nearer to the ma- terial interests of the citizen. Secre- tary Mellon, in this, his first speech delivered in the South, cited the trend in recent years toward the divorce- ment of tax levying from partisan politics. Addrgssing a company in which Democrats and Southerners predomi- nated, he singled out a fellow guest, {Senator Glass of Virginia, whose us- sociation with the creation of the Fed- eral Reserve act is so well known, and related the instances in which the present policies of the Treasury De- partment under Republican adminis- tration agree with the policies of the Wilson administration and Secretary Houston. Secretary Mellon expressed the be- \ief that the American people were rapidly coming to a full appreciation of the importance of the subject of taxation as considered aside from party palitics. He also discussed an- other question which is of the highest importance to the citizens, the rela tionship between Federal and State tuxation. Too much stress cannot be lmid upon this subject. The taxpayer is appalled by the mounting cost of government in States and municipal- ities, which has compelled closer attention to the matter of apportion- ing tax sources between the Federal and the State governments. \Secretary Mellon pointed out the faot that States and the Federal Gov- ermnent attempt to tap the same sourmce of revenue in inheritance taxes. As he so wisely pointed out, an umintelligent use of taxing power may have disastrous consequences. It is necessary to come to some under standing, particularly concerning high taxes, by which overlapping and un- fair taxems may be eliminated. Effective taxation is that which brings in necessary revenue without doing such violence to ecomomic fac tors as tol unsettle American pros perity Secretary Mellon has. stated no more than the truth involved in the trite and obvious parable of the Goose and the Golden Egg. Yet it is a truth which calls for a deal of repetition, it would seem. o Congress occasionally amazes the country and causes numerous com- munities to womnder what they would do if they had Congress for a city council oo Among the most interesting demon- strations of Senator Bomah is that of asserting himself as in accord with the keep-cool policies of*the adminis- tration. ——— Oratory is not a lost art, as has been asserted. It is not a habitual demonstration as formerly, but is al ways available when occasion seems to require it. a ——t———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Holiday. We've had a Happy New Year Day;, A grand success it proved. The Birthday of Immortal George Much oratory moved. St. Patrick’s Day was noble With the elegant parade— But a holiday is coming That's the finest ever made. Some morning I'll go roaming From the turmoil of the town, Where there’ll be no resolutions And no speeches of renown. There will be no marching music ‘With the banners on display. Some day I'll go a-fishing— That's a real holiday Stimulus. licitous friend, “that you and your col- leagues are displaving very much more energy than, is usual “Mebbe it's only'natural.” answered Senator Sorghum. “We just had a raise in salary.” Most strange is the policeman’s quest A scientist affirms. ‘Most anything he may arrest From giants down to germs Cranial Depletion. “Why do you object to jazz music I can’t detect any brains in it,” plied Miss Cayenne. “It seems more than syncovated. seems decapi- tated Ba It Parliamentarians. “You must admit that I am a par- liamentarian.” “I do, Henrietta,” answered Mr. Meekton. *“‘But the landlord has you beat. When you say, ‘I move, it doesn’'t mean near as much as when he says ‘You move.' " Jud Tunkins says he’s glad hoop- skirts went out of style, only mebbe they went too far out. Executive and Legislative. Unto an issue we may bring This rivalry sublime, Between not saying anything And talking all the time. “Poverty ain’ no disgrace,” said Uncle Eben. “In fact, after you has seen a gemman make out his income tax, poverty 'pears like it had its comforts. e Nero Strong for Radio. From the Kaunsas City Times. Nero flddled while Rome burned. “l couldn’t bear to disappoint the radio fans,” he explained. - From a Maine Viewpoint. From the Portland Expres This generation is wearing more glasses than ever, but it is not look- ing into the bottoms of as many. o Flivver Counter-Irritant. From the Boston Transcript. “So you didn’t feel the earthquake the other morning? “No I was out riding in my fiivver.” Real Finality. From the Philadeiphia Public Ledger. Sir Oliver Lodge says that man is not the last word in creation. The daughters of Eve know it already. ey surtaxesi and the field of {nheritance | “It seems to me,” remarked the so- | STAR, WASHINGTON, THIS AN BY CHARLES E. “Company manners” are at one and the same time the blessing and the| curse of society They are eas on the home folk i Butter wouldn't melt in the mouths | of most people when they are enter-| taining company, to use the pictur-| esque phrase common where 1 come | from “Oh, Mrs. Jones, so glad to see you,” and *“So sorry you cannot ay long- er,” are some of the nice words spill- ed for the benefit of callers. In private the cat will be kicked down the back stairs and the chil- dren will be severely lectured for wiggling their feet while the com- pany was there. Yes, most folks have one brand of | manners for those who come in from the outside and another for those | who are already in the house. | This, %00, is human nature, so there is no use growling about it. To con- sider the matter calmly, however, is distinctly another matte | Careful econsideration of a thing, in | a calm moment, helps one to place it| in the daily life. Then, at times, the | may come a flash of shame, perhaps, | or resentment, when Uncle John finds himself treating some one from the outside better than he does those at home. This is very easy curse of the thing. come, the average to find himself—or a very different manner normally on strangers, hard Tt the to do. When person herself t is the alle very apt acting in 1 he do e The voice changes. The person ad- dicted to “company manners”’ begins to talk of “bawth” and “awnt,” when ordinairly he pronounces those words “bath” and “ant He works the strange thing is that he have to think about it to do it Somehow, an automatic button has been pressed. The pronunciation { change takes care of itself Nor is this all. It is just the begin- | ning of a marvelous transformation | in the subject. He becomes all smiles. Ordinarily he is the grouchiest fellow alive. He seldom does such a thing as smile. But just long A" The not hard. does let company arrive, he is t fellow in the world. He everything, and makes one else laugh. The family laughs, too. (No wonder.) Good old Unele John cuts capers. He scintillates with wit. Six days in the week he is as apple | dumpling, but when guests arrive he freshens up marv 1y ich a pleasant man, Unc the company as it goes down the steps, hours later. Indeed, Unel John was a pleasant man—to them But no does the door Ko | shut tha John drops back into his former The strain of “com- ny manners’ was too much for the 1 fellow He swears a mighty “Johnny, didn't 1 they came not to be the floor?* storms the pleasant casting a baleful glare at Johnny. “Why did you have to thumping away like that all the for?" Gone sayings, in short, Like similar ners” are s every the Jol says sooner Uncl 873 v ol¢ oath tell you Wt your before feet on m: poor keep time smiles, the words hany manners.” Prayer” and ompany only bright Gone, are the the graclous are the “The Maiden piano piecd trotted z man- out on state * % ok o worst part of these delightful ways talking are strictly r siders. We home treated that way, too! person suhject to 3 neve 1 s acting served for The that and out- folks would like to be this make stranze hi of com- 1 kable dation for strikingly lines, press on re nerosity the and devoid of politic the | inaugural | me man policies, marks the or sectional co ment of the address of President “In his fine and striking addre: | | says the Times-Star fl(-‘vj publican), lidge gets completely away the amiable generalities that Uudi-‘ | tional in inaugural utter The Times-S continues I\\-“ tone of a leader who convinced {that he knows what the Nation needs | and wants, and who lays his convie- | tions before the country pilot's chart of the administrative era into| which he is mov The note ln-‘ sounds is not that of T leader- | ship, but something different The Omaha World-Herald (inde-| pendent Democratic), however, thinks: | “President Coolidge reveals, not only himself, but a philosophy of govern- ment and of society. It is, for the| time, the controlling philosophy. It avers th thé way to n a pros- perous and happy ople is to lrul.]fl‘ | prosperity at the top and let its| benefits trickle down toward the bot- | tom. That is what is transpiring now and the top is consolidating its| gains.” Ay Coolidge. Cincinnati “President from are almost ances.” ar “His is old Coolidge speak- ing us and vet not the same,” declares the Worcester zette (independent), which adds: “For | he has grown, grown, even since he| succeeded Harding as the Chief E ecutive. Better, perhaps, he has de veloped.” In the opinion of the San | Antonio Express (independent Demo- | |cratic): *“The faith expressed in e {actly the sort of inauzu ddress | the country expected of President| Coolidge—plain, sensible, intensel {practical and serviceable therefore | will be applauded and credited as en tirely sincere, be: behind it i the record of 19 months of consistent | good works.” The address, according to the Sioux City Journal (Repub-| lican), “recalled Lincoln, who attained | the sublime in homely phrase, and,| like Lincoln, Mr. Coolidge made mo| effort for an expression of erudition, | and yet his message to the Amer people and the nations of the world| is one that makes an appeal to human | faith.” the same today use R e “Mr. Coolldge’s conception of America’s _mission and duty is at once simple and sublime, noble and practical,” declares the Chicago Daily | News (independent) The people know where he stands, the News adds, “and they are prepared to give | him hearty support; and the more vig- orous his leadership the more enthusias- tic will be that support.” The address, according to the Atlanta Journal (Dem- ocratic), “was a happy utterance in that it was largely a statement of truths and of aims from which there can be little or no dissent.” The Journal concludes, “a clear-cut, well poised, high-minded address Presi- dent Coolidge’s was, It may prove the prologue to a fruitful administra- tion.” The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times (Republican) believes: “The Coolidge program is the American people's program. We can look at least four years into the future with confidence that under Coolidge's administration, S0 far as the President's authority goes, all will be right with the United States.” The outstanding quality in the ad- dress, in the opinion of the San Francisco Bulletin (independent), is sincerity. The Bulletin adds:; “First to last it is infused with the spirit of moral earnestness. The man clear- 1y means what he says; and what he | such | he | geles ! which | triumphant D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925. D THAT . TRACEWELL. manners commonplace. He does not spoil them by making them too com- mon. Not he! (Or she!) Yet that is the very thing the folks t home would enjoy. Thousands of amilies throughout the broad land would weep tears of happiness to find themselves treated by some of their own folks us well—or even half as well— as thoss same folks treat mere ac- quaintances, Put this way, the thing seems ab- surd, does it not? Well, it is ridiculous who is subject to comp: is nursing, In most cases, se of the inferiority complex one would delight the psycho: lyist, that strange creature of today, that mystery worker in the vague, that pseudo-sclentist whom some say is a fake and others hold on high as the brightest luminary of modern thought Persons The person ny manneritis a bang-up Such na- who have an “inferiority complex,” it may be stated, are those men and women who have grown up in the bellef that they are inferior, some way, to others. The fear is hidden. never themselves realize what is wrong with them. Maybe it is a deep-seated belief that their birth is inferfor to that of most of their as- sociates Perhaps the vietim is sma “runt”” Maybe his mental capacity lacking, and even he knows it. So the first man takes great pains to tell his friends about his faultless family tree. The second “goes in” for outdoor sports, and the strenuous life The third never lets a chance go by The victims | to impress his hearers with his eru- dition. Every Where three knows such cases. men are gathered to- gether, at least one will suffer from this complaint, in some degree, at least. There are a million variations Most of the quick resentments you meet in crowds result from some one stepping on the “in of others. It crops light strangest ways imaginable. one the let in And |no man laugh at others, in this mat- ter until he has searched for the beam in his own eye. Human beings are surprisingly alike % & ok manners then, outcropping of the nplex. to whom educa- are “Company sually an called “inferiority cc The man well bred, 1d the good things of life com atter of course, is usually free n “Inferiority complex.” and so pany manners." He has no different manners for ompany” than he has for the folks home, because he feels under no and hidden compulsion to fm- press the former. He exists as he is, as the rose does, and expects others to takeq him for what he is. He would not lift a hand to brush away any false Impression he might make He lives the best he can, and others do likewise. Such a man woman—will never hav other method of treatment for pany” than for his wife and his chil- dren and his mother, He is “common as an old shoe,” word “common” being here used synonomous with “universal,” not the derogative sense As you him in home, Admitted to his hc him as he will be in society He does not look for slights, rec none. When those guick resentment fear for his honor, scarcely realizes any one has smirched it He the pleasantest man in the world, and yet the hardest to handle. because he has neither “inferfority complex” or cousin, “company manners.” He is his own master. secret merson says lets or any th in he i you and so to he be- President’s Inaugural Wins Praise Regardless of Party says is so plainly said as to leave no room for mis: prehension.” The Pr says the New York dent Democratic), boasting as he puts on the harness, but there is no question that is putting it 'on.” As the Los An- Times (independent Republican) it: “The deep religious feellng by which the words and actions of th President are animated finds oc- asional expression in the inaugural e closing words of his invocation to our country are typical: ‘She cherishes no purpose save to merit | the favor of Almighty God.'" R the address, says the Journal (independent Republican) is concerned with inter- national relations, which the State Journal summarizes thus: “The sum of the President's program in this field is cautious co-operation with the rest of the world, always avoid- ing entanglement in foreign issues. In matters domestic the President follows pat wlready familiar. He will continue the pressure for lower taxes. He presses also for economy, but that point weakened by his signature, a few hours before, to the bill increasing congressional s ries.” But, above all, says the Kan- ws City Journal (Republican), “and most_important of all, he voices his confidence of the American system of representative government, without appeal to class or race, and pledges himself to honor and uphold our in- stitutions.” “From first whole, it is About half Lincoln State is to last, in part and in a message of common sense that the President has given the Nation,” declares the Boston Transcript (independent Republican), adds, “It js expressed in lan- guage which the plain people can understand and deals with matters in which they are vitally concerned.” The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (ind pendent Democratic) says, “An ad- rable inaugural address this, pos- sing all the merits of brevity, honesty, directness, clearness and thoroughness.” - Reminding “Barney” Of ““the Divine Sarah” Something is wrong somewhere. Last Fall, during the great base ball series, Walter Johnson was the co- lcssal heroic figure. He went down to tragic defeat In New. York, and we wept. He stood forth magnificent and at Washington, and we shrieked for joy. He bought a little club somewhére on the Pacific coast, according to the newspapers, and we shed a tear over this. But, we rea- soned, it really was better so. It was far nicer to have him a breath of lav- ender, a whiff of faint perfume, gone from us at the height of his glory, than to have him staggering around the park a grizzled has-been. But what do we find now? He has signed a contract for two more years with Washington. Somehow it doesn’t seem fair. Of course. it is a free country, but think of the salty tears shed over him. All right. Waiter, do as you like, but remember the fare- well tours of Sarah Bernhardt. Maybe we won't weep so hard this year— New York World. o Gutzon Borglum goes Mahomet one better in the matter of the mountain, which only came to Mahomet, but fell on Gutzon's neck also.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram. v Act I: Treasury surplus. Act II: Chorus of department heads, “Whee! Gimme!"—Rochester Times-Union. sriority complex” | | as Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Senator answer Borah for the of Idaho has an often propounded | question, “What is a radical?” In the Senate last Monday he sald “What is a radical, Mr. President? I think it has come to the time when a radical is a sman who belleves in the Constitution of the United | States” The official reporter of de {bates inserted a line, “Laughter, after this utterance. { “If that is the charge which laid to me,” he continued, “and of those who belleve as I do upon this side of the chamber, no other defini- tion could be given to it x ok ok K In the coming months of the long ss of Congress, Republicans look- ing forward to the reassembling of Congress in the regular session will have much to ponder in considering the question whether the Republicans in the Senate of the next Congress are to have a working majority which can be relied upon at all time; when strict party questions are to come up for action The success or impairment of the Coolidge administration will be at stake in this consideration. Little, if any, fear is entertained of the main- tenance of a working majority in the House. Factlonal Republican bitter- ness is not so intense in the lower {body of Congre Events of the | special session the Senate now | coming to demonstrated the | existence of bitter factionalism i the Republican party and the fact | that it was possible to make it ef- fective to the hampering of the | carrying out of administration plans, whet <0 designed or not The mandate given by the people in the last general elections to the Republican party, although the most sweeping and emphatic in the history {of American politics, was proven to {be not wholly effective by events |occurring since March 4 in th Senate. They were of sufficient gravity as to warrant the doubt | whether the Republicans can depend {in the next session upon a strict party majority on ail the questions that are sure to arise. One writer has summed up the prospect for the future by saying “Wanted—A work- ing majority.” And the want threat- ens to possibly be acute * % % * is of close the Senat nomination be honest the justifi- Senators In the recent flurry of over confirmation of the of Mr. Warren, there may division of opinion as to cation of those Republican who resisted Presldent Coolidge. | The contention of these gentiemen that they were exereising not only their prerogative in refusi firm Mr. Warren, but indeed were obeying the requirement of the Con- stitution that th ofully advise to the qualification of a presi- itial appointee. They contend tha would shirk a plain upon them by the evaded expression nt as to those qualifications ny that they were actu any motives of factionalism nz the higher ground of ad ierence to duty Jaid upon them From expressions in the press the reaction of the majority sentiment of the cou t this time appears to he e R s n the P to be le to {is g to con- fathers of their posed they judgm They by blic a d position ntiment seems sposition to udgment as Attorney Senator Bingham to be the the people President 3 to the t Gener propo Shortridgze Senat voiced what believed prevailing opinion tha are disposed to defer Coolidge’s honesty and judgment in determining the fitness for office of th n he selected for that pla As these two Senators pointed out, it is impossible to conceive that President Coolidge would fail to obey the con stitutional mandate to see to it the laws are faithfully exercised, or select an incompetent. They will re- fuse to believe that he would wil- fully violate his oath of office to that effect. In the absence of detailed analysis of record the c they are likely to take the Preside judgment as to whether Mr. Warre would make an honest and capable public servant x x % But the ques of tics under discussion 1 is whether the vote in Tuesday presages the similar votes of oppos ture of a faction of Republicans who may be aligned against the Presi- dent upon occasion and on other questions which may take the form of factional Republican division. What the administration will have to find out is who may be considered as “regular” Republicans, and whether the vote of last Tuesday presages that a group of Senators elected as “regular” Republicans are to be counted upon at times thereafter practical poli- this chapter the Senate of recurrence of all * x ok % In the calculations for the future, those who are regarded as lik exercise the most “independent” spirit possible, length of taking issue with the ad- ministration and maybe the Repub- lican party, are Senators Borah of Idaho, Couzens - of Michigan and Norris and Howell of Ne- braska. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin is not looked upon as a Republican at all, nor counted upon to lend his ald to any measures that bear the Republican hallmark There are others who are suspected of being in a twilight zone of strict party fealty, and who may jump the party reservation at any time. Great reliance is placed by the triends and supporters of the admin- istration on the expected pressure of public opinion upon Senators from now on. It is contended that they will eventually be swayed by the support glven the President the country. NO one questions the P'resi- dent’s hold upon the people at this ! time But the people do not Senate, the Senators vote. There can be no doubt that the Republican Senators who opposed the President in the Warren case are aware of the almost instantaneous reaction of public sentiment to the President’ support. - There is no record, how ever, of that fact having . changed any epposition votes. The Republi- can Senators who cast their vote against confirmation had the consist- ent “courage of their convictions, throughout the contest. The motive of a Senator are not to be openly or on the floor of the Senate que: tioned. They explained their motiv at length and they voted as they explained. -As it is the actual votes that count and not a prevailing m jority public opinion, it may be lean- ing upon a broken reed to depend too certainly upon thelr course the future. vote in the BN o The Senate approached adjourn- ment in the spirit of considerable bitterness engendered by the Warren ftair. The Democrats are especially embittered over the charges pressed against them by the Republicans in the Senate, and assertions in the pub- lic press, that they voted on the War- ren nomination solely in a partisan spirit. Circumstantial evidence, it is claimed, tends to uphold the charge. In the first place, Senator Overman, a member of the judiciary committee, Democrat, voted for Mr. Warren in committes. Senator Walsh of Mon- tana, who was one of the chief op- ponents of Mr. Warren's confirmation, admitted in debate that many mem- bers on the Democratic side of the chamber had declared their first pur- pose to vote in favor of Mr. Warren. He explained this by saying that they trust | that | tion in the fu- | at times to go to the | in | | like. ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC QUESTIONS J. HASKIN Q. When do the cherry trees on the Speedway?—M. D) A. It is impossible at this times of t year to give the e datesiion: ) the Japanese cherry blossoms will in full bloom. We will give the exact dates for last year and will say that it is fair to assume that the dates swill be pproximately the same for this On April the trees around Widal Basin began to blo on the 16th of April the trees were in fuli bloom: on the 27th of Apr t around the Speedway were beginnlng to bloom; on the 29th in full bloom and on May begin- ning to go. blosson the were were many 2 they Q. How often is the Capitol painted —E. K. A. The architect’s office of the ¢ R the midd! of the building is made of Virginia sandstone nd is painted about once every years. The wings are and are not painted sitol ma Q. Does a person’s a ference in the value of compensation policy?—A. J. J A. Age is a factor in determining the face value of the adjusted s cer- tificate. The credit s by th War Department for maximum oversea. service is $625. The maximum tificate issued fs $1,590 a veters 20 years of age an adjuste Q. Which art association is t in the United A. This dist Penneylvania Q do o oldest States?— Aca Arts the Under the und run?—J. A. Ther. which what streets in Chicago ground freight narrow ga unnels 1ze ra runs under rict This road has con large st ki tions, in shaft road freight stati exception of the Pere road. The freight hand is loaded in cars on shippir lowered to tunnel by elev carrying an average load o pounds. This system the Chicago Tun Q. T want to kn moon at the date of the the sun.—P. A. Mcl. A. The Naval Observa the moon is al an eclipse of the w Marqu is operated 1 Companies. the phase When did the had a long * M. I Q that —Z A Hansard pographia” (p 1825), s: “The round ‘s’ mstead of the provement in the which we are indebted Mr. Bell, who i ed of the Brit 1 tro io! 1-1802 Q. Can transplan A. The vears way that planted Jarger hering. practic e cane to develop new gr ow the vin is thoroughly 1at grapevines ol ay be 2 repla three A kb a Dig stems with quite Cut back tc ly leaving to produc ests Q inate?- A existed Switzerland s The first r United State sey 18 State Where nee the sixteent: ferendum league was fc but South to adopt Dakota st the optiona facultative to her const referendum N amendmen Whe narther A territory in Cl three emblojer By please r of fact oted you. ico. Ask and ad- nips 1o Haskin streets WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Out of the stress and the Warren affair one vstal clear. Th idge majority come as illusory h: n fact, no existe the paper on which the Con Directory is printed. T, lines up the Sixty-ninth Sen- as follows vo! ate Republicans Democrats Farmer-Labor Total On the se vote revealed cially labeled the administration. Couzens, Johnson, orris, H Norbeck, a Follette, Brookha Frazier and Ladd. Thus a that, in a pinch, the not Republicans who pended upon to su through thick and th votes to control the St for administration p communicated La Fo no longer count by That leav: 51 3 of them leave the ation—a 3 of the 6 who were waywar Warren—the “Coolidge ma where the political woodbine * k% % »nd Warren reject that 10 Senators Republicans opp They were Borah only 55, be de- absolutely 1. The ette quarte taken into P. leadersk icans. 1f te seriously the G. O. s 51 Republ rese twin You can admire Bor: not—and his friends and foes are about evenly distributed—but he bestrode the Sen- ate on the last day of the Warren debate llke a Colossus of Rhodes. Tt prediction may be safely hazarded that his speech In opposition to con- firmation will live. It soared to th heights of parifamentar ndeur. Of such stuff the flights of Webster, Clay and Calhoun were made. Boral is a composite of the elements of oratory. He has appearance, voice, gestures, language and th of the Demasthenian equipment of all, he the sincerity and f which are the foundations of real eloguence, and without which speech- making is simply 0 much tub-thu ing. There was much tub-thumping during the Warren debate. More tuffed shirts than statesmen occupied time. Borah dominated when he was on his feet as if he had hypnotized the crowded galleries and floor. “Bob” Washburn of Massachusetts, a Cool- idge biographer, now writing from Washington, has coined incom- parable description of Borah in action “When he tpeaks,” says Washburn, “The Senate doors open inward only. Then a dropped pin makes a noise a shell bursting in no man's land. Then there is a hush, and moths nestle on the gavel of presiding officer.” * Old congressional hands cz member when So many new were flung into the breach for malden speeches as were drafted for Coolidge service on the Warren confirmation. Gillett of Massachusetts, Virginia, Butler of Mas Most — inot Senat achusetts and had not heard all the facts in charges urged against him, and had departed declaring thelr purpose to vote for him. Later, when this was laid before the Senate and thei attention called to the alleged evi- dence, they subsequently concluded that it was not consistent with their dutles togdo anything but oppose his nomination. So there again comes up the dif- culty of setting out the motives to Senators. They flout the suggestion of partisanship and “Cae- sar was an honorable man." the | Goff of West | information | attribute | binding Nip n friendship hat now and It is the | assadors His the counts The ng spectal It was Capt. Sims) practice to become principal activities of the : ce then our gunners have maintained an extraordinary hisn | standard of marksmanship. Admisal | Hughes ke selection for the next commande r-in-chief of the | United States fleet, the post. nos adorned by Admiral Coontz, who {in charge of the “war” around Hatwai: | * ok ox % | Everett Sanders, President Cool | idge’s assistant and secretary, {s the hero of a tragi-comio Jjournalistie { episode in his home town of Terre Haute, Ind. Terry Hut's” leading aper, the Star, has corre spondent ' in Washington = named iverett Watkins. Not long ago Wat kins wrote an eloquent character ch of Sanders for the Star. Tra | compositors and proof renders whn | handled the panegyric were lost such admiration of both sabjecs iy | author that they got their name. mixed up. Eventually the eulogy a peared in the Star under Hyerei: anders’” name i cad of under the signature, The presidential nglx“ hand-man’s reputation for, modesty around Terre Haute made it easy tu explain matters B { partici to what | shooting | United Stat ized in m Admiral s Na Sims (then s the a * x x Woman governors having o a novelt woman Legion , the next thing in sight command American Posts. Washington's post hopes presently. to set the exam ple. A past commander, Paul J. M Gahan, is sponsor of the project. It | was McGahan who induced Senator Smoot to take yeomanettas, marin- ettes and other woman warriors un- der the wing of the bonus bill. (Copysight, 2935,